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By Sudha Setty
Last year's law school admission cycle was competitive. Applications are up even more so far this cycle.
Last year's law school admission cycle was competitive. Applications are up even more so far this cycle.
Elizabeth Bodamer, º£½ÇÉçÇø’s senior director of research, shares her experience as a first-generation law student and the research her team completed on the 2024 1L class.
By James Leipold
The law school class of 2024 experienced the highest employment rate ever recorded.
The law school class of 2024 experienced the highest employment rate ever recorded.
By Susannah Pollvogt
Does ABA Standard 314 affect the role of a law school's academic support professionals?
Does ABA Standard 314 affect the role of a law school's academic support professionals?
The ABA has enacted a series of new and revised standards on learning outcomes and assessment. Susannah Pollvogt presents a four-step plan law schools can follow to respond to the new standards.
The data is clear: the steady racial and ethnic diversification of the incoming law school class in recent years experienced a disruption in 2024. Elizabeth Bodamer explores the data and what it means for legal education.
Susannah Pollvogt recaps her recent webinar discussing the effects of new ABA standards on law schools.
The ABA recently voted to approve changes to standards related to learning outcomes and assessment that will have significant implications for law school curricula. What did they change, and how might law schools want to adapt in light of those changes?
Now in its second year, the Plus, Guided Journey program uses a cohort-based model to provide guidance and support for 14 months as you prepare your law school applications and navigate the path to law school.
This year, employment gaps between white law graduates and minoritized individuals worsened. Hard work remains for law schools and legal employers to close these gaps.
